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June 25, 2000
KUALA
LUMPUR (AP) - The Organization of the Islamic Conference
must be revitalized to meet the challenges of globalization, Foreign
Minister Syed Hamid Albar said Saturday.
Malaysia,
which will host the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers
from Tuesday, wants the organization's secretariat to be restructured to
better serve the needs of member countries, Syed
He said the perception of the OIC Secretariat as weak and ineffective had to be rectified. Syed Hamid said the ICFM meeting would pass resolutions on the situations in Iraq, Kashmir and Chechnya. "The resolution on Chechnya will call for the OIC recognition of the sovereignty of Russia over the state of Chechnya but for the conflict there to be resolved through peaceful means," he said.
Prime
Minister Mahathir Mohamad is scheduled to open the 27th session
of the ICFM, which will be attended by 1,000 delegates from OIC member
states. Malaysia is hosting the meeting for the second |